In the USA, iDevices are among the most purchased terminals, in New York tens of thousands of complaints regarding stolen devices are registered annually in various locations of the city. To discourage the purchase of stolen terminals and the theft of devices, the New York police have organized an operation through which they hope to arrest thieves who steal stolen terminals or the people who purchase them. In this operation was organized a flagrant in which a policeman purchased an iPhone, apparently stolen, for only $15 from an undercover policeman.
A SERGEANT from an NYPD bureau that roots out bad cops has been charged with buying a stolen iPhone in a sting set up by his fellow officers, the Daily News has learned. Internal Affairs Bureau Sgt. Victor Leandry was scooped up in a Dec. 3 died in Washington Heights after buying a $15 Apple device from a plainclothes cop on the street — but his lawyer said he can't be charged because he was never told the phone was hot. Police in recent months have focused on bodegas and other small businesses suspected of paying teenagers to steal handheld electronic devices — especially Apple products — so they can be sold on the black market.
The undercover policeman insisted to the sergeant to sell him the terminal, in the end he purchased the device for only $15 and was charged with possession of stolen goods. The problem is, according to his lawyer, that there is no record of the incident and the policeman claims that he was never told that the terminal was stolen. Of course, an iPhone sold for only $15 should make someone think that the terminal could be stolen, but it seems that the flagrant was poorly organized and if the policeman was not told that the device did not belong to the seller, then the chances that he to be condemned are small.
The truth is that such actions must be supported by the brave, but maybe they should think a little better.
